Unlike many post-apocalyptic games on the market, Horizon Zero Dawn takes place well after the disaster that led to the fall of humanity.
The wastelands that you normally see in post-apocalyptic games are absent in Horizon Zero Dawn.
The world that the developers created is very much alive, and it’s full of monsters.
As seen in the trailer, the creatures are robots with an animalistic nature. Norris also told Polygon that there are a wide variety of monsters, from robotic deer to massive dinosaur-like creatures.
Also seen in the trailer is the protagonist Aloy, who is a young woman and hunter in her tribe.
In the demo at E3, we saw some of Aloy’s skills on display as she took down one of these great beasts. Norris described the overwhelming odds Aloy must face in throughout the game when facing the machines. She’s able to set traps and use a mix of specialized weapons to defeat her enemies. This introduces a tactical element to gameplay: How will you defeat the monsters?
In order to make this open-world game, Guerrilla has enlisted help from developers who worked on Fallout: New Vegas, The Witcher, and Skyrim.
Norris added that they hope be somewhere in between action-based open-world games and RPG heavy open-world games. While the RPG elements of the Horizon Zero Dawn have yet to be seen, we can expect more news on it soon.
Horizon Zero Dawn will be available to play on Playstation 4 in 2016. Anyone else ready to preorder?
